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Salary: Scale 4 Pt 7-8 (£8,583.13 - £8,719.99) actual salary per annum, depending on qualifications and experience.
Start Date: December 2025
Hours: 5 hours per week (to be worked on Fridays) for 39 weeks per year
In addition, the successful applicant will be required to work full time (37 hours)
per week during the following exam periods:
2 weeks in January and February (4 weeks)
1 week in April
6 weeks in May/June
Plus, additional hours as required in August on results days and during post result period.
Candidates able to offer slightly fewer hours or a variation of the hours listed above would be considered. This can be discussed at interview.
We are looking to recruit a new Exams Assistant / Lead Invigilator to join our team. The successful applicant will assist the Examinations Manager in the administration and organisation of all aspects of External and Internal Examinations. In addition, they will organise and supervise the invigilation of all public and mock examinations held in the school in accordance with the Joint Council of Qualifications (JCQ) Regulations.
Due to our stringent safeguarding protocol, applications for employment at KEGS can only be accepted on our formal Recruitment Application Form.
Application form and job description are available to download from our website www.kegs.org.uk, or by emailing recruitment@kegs.org.uk.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 12 noon on Monday 29 September 2025. Interviews will be held shortly afterwards.
Information about the School
King Edward VI Grammar School is a selective boys' state school with a mixed Sixth Form and an exceptional academic and extra-curricular reputation based in Chelmsford. As a school specifically providing specialist education to very able young people, there is a strong focus on academic achievement, with the vast majority of students (both those boys who join in Year 7, and students, including girls, who join for the sixth form) going on to top universities. There is a serious work ethic at KEGS which derives from highly motivated students and dedicated staff. Recent results have put us near the top of national GCSE and A level rankings, and 23 students who left us in Summer 2019 gained places at Oxford or Cambridge and a further 23 went on to study medicine at university. However, league tables are not our guiding principle – we value breadth of study as well. We also focus significant effort on the progress of students who may find a particular subject area more challenging than others, and we have an extensive programme of mentor support.